The Implementation of Tourism in the Municipality of Teresina De Goiás

Alienation or Territorial Construct?

Abstract

This research focuses on the municipality of Teresina de Goiás, located in the northeast of Goiás, in the center of the Chapada dos Veadeiros. It is one of the three municipalities in Goiás that is covered by the Kalunga Historical and Cultural Heritage Site - SHPCK and one of the five municipalities that make up the area of the Chapada dos Veadeiros National Park - PNCV. The problem of this investigation deals with the domination and appropriation of space by the tourism sector, under the logic of capitalist production, and the consequent conformation of a territory crossed by contradictions. A qualitative approach was taken, based on a literature review, fieldwork and participant observation. The results show that although tourism is the major economic focus for the development of the municipality, it should not reproduce the predominant logic of the municipalities taken as a mirror/example: Alto Paraíso and Cavalcante, where there is a systematic reproduction of social inequalities through tourism, nor should it be the only priority area for investment, thus avoiding the constitution of a tourism-dependency in the municipality.